Vim can be easily extended with plugins (originally called "scripts"). The first stop to find and install plugins is the index on its homepage or Vim scripts. But managing a variety of scripts can become a confusing mess. Distributions install Vim together with a basic set of plugins which is helpful for beginners. A Plugin Manager helps installing, configuring, and updating plugins.

This page is work in progress!

Distributions

Vim distributions allow installing Vim-plugins with a Plugin Manager and a default configuration.

spf13

Uses Vundle.

• Homepage
• Github project page

Janus

Configuration management (or standard config file?)

• Github project page
• Blog post
• Blog post (about moving away from Janus) (this one also promotes/explains how to manage plugins and the vim configuration manually with git)

Plugin Manager

Plugin managers ease the installation and updating of multiple plugins.

• Vim Scripts' list of tools for plugin management
• Discussion at Stackexchange

pathogen.vim

Pathogen manages plugins in sub directories called "bundles".

• Github project page

Vundle

Vundle is a Vim plugin manager (short for Vim Bundle). It allows to install and manage plugins from within Vim. It's main author does no longer contribute, but occasionally merges contributions.

• Github project page
• Vundle the Bundler of Vim

NeoBundle

NeoBundle is inspired (or forked) by Vundle and actively developed. It targets power users (self-describtion: "for 50+ plugins and aover 1000 lines .vimrc") and recommends Vundle for users that look for something that "just works".

• NeoBundle project page

Selected Plugins

(mostly untested, for future reference and experimenting)

• NERDTree (File explorer to find and open files)
• C/C++ programming and code completion
  • YouCompleteMe
  • UltiSnips
  • neocomplete
  • vim-marching
• Git: Fugitive.vim